A trip like a hyphen between two mandates. Monday, October 10, Emmanuel Macron went to Mayenne to reinstall a sub-prefecture in Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, then listen to the grievances and ideas of actors in the field during a meeting of the National Council for Refoundation ( CNR) dedicated to health in Craon.
A day between two shores, therefore, both devoted to the after-sales service of the great national debate of 2019, but also supposed to illustrate the new method of the CNR, launched on September 8. “The republican equality to which we are all attached is not equivalent to uniformity. The idea is to be able to look at what is already working. The actors on the ground must be given the freedom to decide. (…) Refoundation will start from below”commented the President of the Republic, who arrived late after a phone call with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, – “ Unfortunately, the war is taking a new turn..
Because this visit devoted to long-term projects has also been shaken up by current events, with the new Russian offensive in Ukraine and the fuel shortage in France. “The feeling of abandonment is a huge subject, there was no question of canceling”explains the Elysée, which wants to multiply this kind of trip in the coming weeks.
As a duty to inventory the promises resulting from the great national debate established after the movement of “yellow vests” of 2019. “It is the continuation of the commitments madeexplained Mr. Macron, Monday, in front of the state house of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, in the presence of the new sub-prefect. What state officials do while serving public action is absolutely essential because it is fundamentally about the adherence of our fellow citizens to our democracy. »
“We are in the symbolic”
Since 2018 and the eruption of the “yellow vests”, the executive is convinced that the democratic crisis, the loss of public confidence in the institutions and the feeling of relegation are partly caused by years of disappearance of public services, in particular in the countryside, for the benefit of a digitized and remote administration. And some macronists believe that this vast project is a way to fight against the rise of the populist vote. The reopening of the sub-prefecture of Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne, closed since 2016, is “a strong signal of the strengthening of the State in the territories”according to the Elysee.
Other similar operations are planned by the end of the year, the executive having planned five other creations or reopenings of sub-prefectures. Twenty additional sub-prefects will be appointed to strengthen the teams of prefects. “We are in the symbolicslice Guillaume Garot, socialist deputy of Mayenne. Certainly, the elected officials gain an interlocutor. But above all, people want more services such as post offices, perceptions or being able to go to the town hall, the real level of proximity, to get help, for example with digital procedures. The France services houses are a good idea, but we have to go even further. »
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